Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

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Malefic

Also called greater malefic, lesser malefic

Traditional vocabulary for Saturn (greater) and Mars (lesser), thought to bring difficulty.

Traditional texts use it freely; this site uses it only to explain those texts, and never to describe a person.

Kind: History, Tradition
Tradition: Traditional Western astrology
In this site’s birth chart: not used

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